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The table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java/J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4751
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.258 %0.181 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£290
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£330
% change on same period last year+7.83 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.50£41.70
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads388554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.623 %0.595 %
Daily rates quoted117122
Average minimum daily rate£285£326
Average daily rate£298£344
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5285
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50£20.05
Average hourly rate£18.77£21.76
% change on same period last year-13.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.03£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Java/J2EE Developer South EastJava/J2EE Developer
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Java/J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent Java/J2EE Developer Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Kent region.

Kent Java/J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Retail
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
11 (100.00 %)Retail Banking
11 (100.00 %)Problem Management

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)Spring
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Retail
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
11 (100.00 %)Retail Banking
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Change Management
11 (100.00 %)Problem Management
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java